Brussels attack suspect still at large

Brussels attack suspect still at large
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The attacks in Brussels on Tuesday were carried out by two brothers who detonated suicide bombs, Belgian officials said on Wednesday, as the police continued an intense hunt for at least one other participant in the attacks. The toll from the assaults stood at 31 dead and 270 injured.

​Brussels: The attacks in Brussels on Tuesday were carried out by two brothers who detonated suicide bombs, Belgian officials said on Wednesday, as the police continued an intense hunt for at least one other participant in the attacks. The toll from the assaults stood at 31 dead and 270 injured.

The Belgian police have identified a prime suspect in the blasts and the two suicide bombers, linking them directly to Islamic State militants behind last November's Paris attacks. Najim Laachraoui, 25, is believed to be the man seen on CCTV pushing a baggage trolley alongside the bombers and then running out of the Brussels airport terminal.

Earlier some media reported that he had been captured in the Brussels borough of Anderlecht, but they later said the person detained was not Laachraoui. The death toll in the attacks on the Belgian capital, home to the European Union and NATO, rose to at least 31 with some 270 wounded, Health Minister Maggie De Block said on VRT television.

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